Raskot ( ne, रास्कोट) is an urban

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

located in

Kalikot District Kalikot District ( ne, कालीकोट जिल्ला ), a part of Karnali province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Manma as its district headquarters, covers an area of , had a population of 105,580 ...

of Karnali Province of

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. The total area of the municipality is and the total population of the municipality as of

2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities an ...

is 16,272 individuals. The municipality is divided into total 9 wards. The municipality was established on 10 March 2017, when

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restricted all old administrative structure and announced 744 local level units as per the new

constitution of Nepal 2015 Constitution of Nepal 2015 ( ne, नेपालको संविधान २०७२) is the present governing Constitution of Nepal. Nepal is governed according to the Constitution which came into effect on 20 September 2015, replacing the ...

Sipkhana Sipkhana is a village development committee in Kalikot District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घी� ...

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and

Phukot Phukot is a village development committee in Kalikot District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Stat ...

Village development committees were Incorporated to form this new municipality. The headquarters of the municipality is situated at

References

External links

* http://www.raskotmun.gov.np/ * https://www.citypopulation.de/php/nepal-mun-admin.php?adm2id=6407 {{Kalikot District Populated places in Kalikot District Municipalities in Karnali Province Nepal municipalities established in 2017